Exo 23:4-5, Mat 5:43-44, Rom 12:14, 1Pe 2:22-23, 3:9 | ESV | STEP | If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray , you shall bring it back to him.

a[Deut. 22:1, 4; Prov. 25:21; Matt. 5:44; Rom. 12:20; 1 Thess. 5:15]

bSee ver. 21

cCited from Lev. 19:18; See ch. 19:19

d Luke 6:27, 28; Rom. 12:20; [Ex. 23:4; Job 31:29, 30; Ps. 7:4]

e Luke 23:34; Acts 7:60; 2 Tim. 4:16; 1 Pet. 3:9

fSee Matt. 5:44; 1 Pet. 3:9

g Isa. 53:9; [2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 4:15; 1 John 3:5]

h ch. 3:9; Isa. 53:7; Heb. 12:3

i Luke 23:46

j ch. 2:23; See Rom. 12:17

k Luke 6:28; Rom. 12:14; 1 Cor. 4:12

l ch. 2:21

Exodus 23:4-5

4 ^a“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to him. 5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.

Matthew 5:43-44

Love Your Enemies

43 ^b“You have heard that it was said, ^c‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, ^dLove your enemies and ^epray for those who persecute you,

Romans 12:14

14 ^fBless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

1 Peter 2:22-23

22 ^gHe committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 ^hWhen he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, ⁱbut continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.

1 Peter 3:9

9 ^jDo not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, ^kbless, for ^lto this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.